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The Cure to Anthony's Playoff Blues

Knicks' Top Scorer Starts to Realize It's Not All on Him

By

Chris Herring

Updated April 18, 2013 10:54 p.m. ET

In almost every sense of the phrase, Knicks star Carmelo Anthony is NBA royalty. He's long been one of the game's most devastating scorers, and he further affirmed that distinction this season by winning the league's scoring title.

But if there's one glaring hole on Anthony's resume to date, it's that he and his teams fall short in May. He often leads his squads to the playoffs, but only once in nine NBA seasons has Anthony's team advanced beyond the first round of the playoffs.